The Mystery of the Frying Pan, Bronze Age Burial Chamber, Carwynnen. This site last updated January 2011
'at mid-night on a full moon, by the Quoit a child can be heard crying'
Also known as Carwynnen Quoit or Cromlech
English Heritage Scheduled Monument No396
Pendarves, Nr. Troon, Camborne, Cornwall.
OS SW6500 3720
philiphills@fsmail.net
All photographs on this site by Philip C. Hills. I have a considerable body of photographs of the Pendarves area. Please contact the above email address for further enquiries.
STOP THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT FROM SELLING OFF OUR FORESTS
EMERGENCY SAVE OUR FORESTS CONTACT: action@38degrees.org.uk
THE FORESTRY COMMISSION WERE DEVELOPING A POLICY OF REPLACING THE CONIFER FORESTS WITH NATIVE DECIDUOUS FORESTS. YET AS THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT (SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT AND WELSH ASSEMBLY ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FORESTS) SELL OFF THE ENGLISH (AND CORNISH) FORESTS THEY WILL NOT CONSIDER THIS AS A CONDITION OF ANY SALE BECAUSE THEY FEAR IT WILL LOWER THE MOMENTARY VALUE OF THE FORESTS. WHY DO THESE POLITICIANS DISLIKE OUR COUNTRY SO MUCH AND WISH TO DO SO MUCH HARM! SO MUCH FOR THE BIG IDEA, LETS HAVE SMALL AND HUMANE IDEAS PLEASE! STOP SUCH VANDALISM!
Also see 'Save England's Forests'
Also see:
STOP PLANNING PERMISSION FOR 8100 COW DAIRY FARM (Large Scale Factory Farm Petition to North Kesteven District Council, Lincolnshire, UK., to deny Nocton Dairies planning permission for a "feedlot" style dairy farm, ...Nocton own Pendarves Farm near Camborne, they were accepted into the Countryside Stewardship Scheme in 2000 to protect the environment.
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/544/383/630/
or www.cpre.org.uk
www.nocton.org/
CARWYNNEN QUOIT
This is indeed an ancient landscape full of beauty and wisdom.
Although Carwynnen Quoit now stands in Kerrier District this area was originally in East Penwith. Early archaeologists considered this Quoit to be a part of the Penwith Ancient Monument area and would sometimes start their tour at Carwynnen. The original Pendarves Estate boundary was at the bottom of the field by the stream, the Quoit and other associated ancient monuments would of been on rough ground used for mining and a part of the wooded boundaries. In the 19th century the Pendarves estate boundary was extended and the area cleared but the Quoit was saved. However, it is under assessment as to what other sites were harmed or destroyed, many large boulders can be found in the surrounding woods.
The Quoit fell in the 19th century, re-erected only to fall again 1967. Several people tried to begin negotiations to restore the site. I began negotiations with Nocton, the then landowners, in 2000 with the new Countryside Access Act in place. Talks with English Heritage had already fallen because of issues over access. I talked to various bodies and Trusts to raise the purchase price for the set-aside land on which the Quoit stood. The area was too far off the tourist beaten track for most organisations, however, the Duchy of Cornwall (who own the land at Pendarves Nature Reserve that is leased out to the Wildlife Trust and Camborne Town Council) started the ball rolling with the first grant and gave the seal of approval for the project.
Luckily I was a member of the local Agenda 21 group and after discussion with several members the Sustainable Trust under Pip Richard's bravely took on the project. They, after a lot of hard work, were awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant and archaeologists are actively surveying the area. Hopefully the Quoit will be re-erected by 2015. Other landowners in the area are also initiating some exciting sustainable projects as well.
The area has many antiquities including an ancient road, many pilgrim routes, ancient village, the Cell and Chapel to St. Ia that is siturated down a beautifully wooded valley and possibly links with the 15th century St. Meriasek Passion Play.
There are many beautiful walks from nearby Camborne to Pendarves and Treslothan and up to the top of Copper Hill, an area with the feel and atmosphere of West Penwith and with superb views looking over towards St. Ives and Penzance. This is indeed an ancient landscape full of beauty and wisdom.
Philip Hills 2011
